Wrapping-machine.



PATENTED FEB. 20, 1906.

M. H.BALLARD.

WRAPPING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 13,1904.

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PATENTED FEB. 20, 1906.

M. HBALLARD. WRAPPING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED 2213.13. 1904.

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PATENTED FEB. 20, 1906.

M. H. BALLARD. WRAPPING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.13. 1904.

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M. H. BALLARD.

WRAPPING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED PEB.13,1904.

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M.` H.' BALLARD.

WRAPPING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED FBB.13, 1904.

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MILTONH. BALLARD, or LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS, vAssrsnon 'ro rarer FRUITWRAPPING MACHINE COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF" MAINE.

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Specication of Letters Patent.

' Patented Feb. 2o, 190e.

Application filed February 13, 19,04. Serial No. 193,392.

T0. (1J/Z' whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, MILTON H. BALLARD,

of Lynn, county of Essex, State of Massa chusetts, have linvented an Improvement in Wrapping -Machines ofwhich the follow-r ing description, in Connection with the accompanying drawings, is a speciication, like characters on the drawings representing like parts. Y y j j.

f This invention relates to wrapping .--machines,` and is intendedy as an improvement upon the wrapping-machine shown and described in UnitedStates Patents No. 472,202, i

dated April T5, 1892; No. 516,136, 'dated March 6, 1894;.No. 548,677, dated October 29, 1895; No.595,421, dated December 4, 1897, and No. 682,823, dated September 17, 1901, said machine being especially designed for wrapping more or less spherical objects, such as oranges.

The invention has Jfor its object lto construct a raceway or trough leading to the wrapping deviceswith adjustable side walls, whereby articles of one size 'or another are held in alinement` instead oi being permitted to stagger therein; also, to provide means connected directly with a power-driven shaft Jfor positively operating the agitators which are contained within and located at opposite sides of its exit; also, tojprovide a delivering 'device for delivering 'the endmost article romthe trough in such manner that it may pass freely to the wrapping devices, said delivering device being movable upward ina straight line and being positive in operation and effective in results g also, to provide a stop-motion for the machine which is adapted to be operated by suitable mechanism to start the machine and to be thereafter controlled by the presence or absence of the article at a predetermined point at a predetermined time; also, to provide disengaging devices or disengaging the jammed or pinched wrappers from the jamming or pinching jaws,

to thereby prevent the wrapped article from being caught and held by said jaws 3 also, to regulate the movement-offsaid jaws from each other to thereby provide forwrappers of different sizes; also, to provide means for mfving the plunger-rod on its' vertical aXis, which shall notbe subject to undue wear and which will be positive and effective in operation; also, to provide a locking device for the rest upon which the article is deposited,which is operated by the plunger-rod to engage and disengage the rest, said locking device holding the rest in its lowermost position while y the plunger-rod rises, then disengaging said rest, permitting it to rise, and then again engaging said rest when the plunger-rod resumes its lowermost position; also,.to provide vmeans for `operating the ejector from one of the power-driven shafts.

Figure y1 shows'in side elevation a wrapping-machine embodyingthis invention. Fig.

.2 is a plan .view of. a portion of the machine,

showing particularly the jamming lor pinching devicesand means for operating them.

Fig. 3 is anenlarged .detail showing an under side view ofthe ,jamming or pinching jaws and the disengagingdevices for disengaging .the wrapper from said jaws. Fig. 4 is a sectional detail of the jammiiigor pinching jaws. Fig. 5 is a detail showing a'portion of the operating mechanism -for`the jamming or pinching jaws and means for limiting the movement of said jaws in a direction away from each other. Fig. 6 is a sectional detail of one voi: the disengaging devices 'for the wrapper.

Fig." 7 is a detail -showing a portion of the wrapper with its edges gathered in and` jammed or pinched together. Fig. 8 is a detail showin in side elevation the stop-motion for the mac ineand the delivering device for the articles. Figi@ is a detail cfa p`ortion of the stop-motion y'mechanism and delivering device to be referred to.v Fig. 10 is'an end viewof the delivering device to be referred to. Fig. 11 is a detail showing in front` elevation the stop-motion 'for the machine and the delivering device Fig, 12isa detail showing in side elevation the`h0pper`for the article and means for moving thefar'ticle from the hopper to the delivering-trough. Fig. 13 is a detail showing a plan View of the parts shown in Fig. 11. Fig. 14 is a detail showing in side elevation the means for operating 'the agitators which are contained in the hopper. Fig. 15 is a cross-section of the delivering-trough. Fig. 1 6 is a detail showing portions of the plunger-rod, and rest-rod and the locking device foi' the rest-rod. Fig. 17 is a detail showing particularly the locking device for the rest-rod and means for operating it. Fig. 18' is a sectional detail of the plunger-rod and swinging bracket thereon to be referred to.

Figs. 19 and 2O are details of the ejector.

'the machine, hasa narrowpxit from which IOO leads a declining trough "uf, the side walls of which are made adjustable toward and from each other to. provide a runway of a width to holdv the articles in alinement andprevent them from becoming staggered. In a wide -trough small articles will stagger and clog.

As shown in Fi 15,1114 w40v re resent the' adjustable side wa ls, which rise om a base u, which is fitted to slide freely in slots u, formed in the base ofthe trough, .and ears 11,4? are formed on said basesA u, which receive a right and left threaded screw u, which'is -and from each move the side walls u toward other and holdy them inwhatever position they may be set.

- A travelin feeding-belt u", moving in the direction of t e arrow, Fi 13, 'is placed in an openingin the bottom of t e hopper u2, which passesA over pulleys u1 u, the pulley 11.1 beernployed to in loosely vmounted on a shaft u Aand the; pu ley u being secured Ito a shaft 11,14.

shaft u4'bears a belt-pulley ua", over whichv a belt a passes, which passes over` a beltulley u32, secured to the shaft 11,13, to whic 'is secured a bevel-gear fn, which isenga ed by, a bevel-pinion n', securedto'a diagona shaft n2, bearing the bevel-pinion n3, which engages 1 -is secured to saidshaft al?.

a lbevel-gear n4, vsecured to the main shaft f 5, A plurality of blades u, moving in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 12, .are secured to a i shaft u, bearing a belt-pulley 11,22, over which a belt passes, said belt passing over a pair of idle pulleys and over a belt ulley'which posed articles.

The shaft bearing the blades u isvsup orted by a pair of bent arms u" u17,'w'hic' 'are to said exit. plates (projecting laterally from sliding bars I supported upon the shaft uw, and the upright portions of said arms-are notched to receive pawls loosely mounted on the shaft u,

therebyprovidingfor holding the plates u at different elevations. l

Within the hopper and atl op osite sides of its exit two agitator-S203 are p aced to push away the articles 'at the sides of the'eziit, and

thereby provide a passage for the articles The agitators consist of flat 201. ne of said bars'has a spring 202 connected-to it for moving it in one direction and' has a laterally-projectingpin 204, which enters the slotted end of a lever 205, pivoted at 206, the lower Iend of which is loosely con-` The j hese blades knock back into the hopper any sup eriI n-;l

chute, "ing the stop-motion is inefficient, for the reashaft, als. During each revolution lof said shaft the agitatorwill be moved by the cam. The cams are so disposed on the shaft as to operate the a itators alternately.

l-At the'en ofthe trough fw* an upright shoulderY is provided, (see Fig. 8,) against which 'the articles strike, and beyond said shoulder a chute a5 extends to the wrappingv devices. so that it may pass o ver the shoulder,'and to accom lish this result an opening is formed ip the ottom of the trough u* next the shoul- 10,) having a pair of arms 101 extending downwardly from its under side, which bestride a vertical plate 102, and a pivot-pin the lever212 and is slottedatl105 to4receive a pin projecting laterallyfrom said lever. As the end of the lever 212, bearing the lifter,

is raised said lifter rises from the bottom of" the trough to the top of the shoulder, or thereabout,- and b'odily lifts the article4 resting thereon.. By pivot'ally connectingvtogether the several parts of the'lifter said lifter is free The endrnost'article is lifted bodily through which'a lifter projects. The lifter consists of a curved plate 100, (see Fig.

'-103 passes through said arms and. the plate l -102 at a'point just beneath the plate 100. The plate 102 is pivotally connected at 104 tol to move .upward in a straight' line and at all ,times provides a declining support for the article. l -It is necessary to stop the machine when the lifter o crates to lift the endmost article,

,and-the en mostarticle is absent, so that the wrapper feeding and severing devices will not operate, and heretofore a sto, Amotionhas been provided on machines o this type for this Au rpose;

but they have been operated IOO by t e 'article passing down the decliningand in practice such means of operatson that unless all the arts are in the best ossible working order t e article is liable to e caught and held b the .stop-motion mechanism'fand the mac ine thereby` allowed to runand feedsevered wrappersto the wraping devices.

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l Herein the means for operati' lng the stop-motion'is controlled by the artif cle instead -of operated by'l it and the above difficulty is obviated. 'An ar-m 125 is pivoted lto a fixed support and-is dis osed'len thwise the trough fw* at a suitablev4 istance a ove it,

. and the outer end of said arm' bears a shoe 127,'whichcccu ies a', osition above the lifter, this point eing se ected for detecting the presence or absence of the article. ,The

arm has a hub 126,. fromwhich an arm eX- tends, to which is loosely connected a vertical bar 216, having a hole at itslower end, through which; projects one end of a-pivoted ing looselj)T connected to it a vertical bar 218, bearing at its lower end a wedge-block 219, which moves into and out of en agement with the 'beveledor obliq uly-forme end of a 17, the opposite end of saidlever havshort horizontal sliding bar 220, having a shoe or end piece 221 at its extremity, p'rovided with a curved face. The 'sliding bar 220 is moved in a direction toward the loose driving-Wheel 222 by a spring 234 and is held against rearward motion by the wedge-block when said wedge-block is brought into engagement with it for the urposeof stopping the machine, and said siding bar `and end piece thereon serve as a yielding restraining device for the clutch mechanism to be described.

lThe clutch mechanism consists of an operating-arm 223, pivoted at 224 to a hub secured to the main shaft, and said arm rojects outwardly and bears a shoe 226, w lich is adapted to engage the rim of the loosedriving-wheel, and said operating-arm is raised by a spring 227y on the fixed arm 228, so that the shoe 226 will firmly engage the rim of thev driving-wheel, and the shaft f will be thereby turned; but whenever said Varm is pressed down against act-ion of said spring the shoe 226 will be moved out of firm engagement with said rim and the shaft f5 will remain at rest. The operatingarm' extends beyond the driving-wheel and into engagement with the shoe or end piece 221 of the yielding restraining device, and when said restraining device is free to yield the arm will freely pass byfand the main shaft will revolve, but when said restraining device is held positively the 'armvill be' caught and held and the shaft will cease turning.

The position of the wedge-block 219 determines whether the restraining device shall yield or not, a'nd the position of the wedgeblock is determined by the position of the arm 125,. When the arm 125 is raised, the Wedge-block will be lowered and willpermit the restraining device to yield and the operating-arm of the clutch mechanismto pass by it; but 'when the varm 125 falls' the wedgeblock will rise and will engage the yielding restraining device and the operating-arm will be held.

A cam 250 is pivoted to the frame, which has ahandpiece 251 ,for turning it, which latter serves as'the starting-lever, and said camv is located close to the wedge-block, so that the Wedge-block occupies a position between said cam and the oblique end of the yielding` restraining device, and the cam thus sup orts and guides the lower end of the vertica ,bar

218, and said cam has a projection which enters a slot 252. in the bar 218, which is made long enough to provide, for an independent movement of said bar, and Whensaid cam is turned by the handpiece the bar 218 will be drawn down, the yielding restraining device will be disen aged, the clutch mechanism released, and the arm 125 raised sufficiently to vpermit the passage of an article beneath it onto the lifter. To positively hold the arm 125 elevated\during a complete revolution of 'ment the shaft f 5, which is while one article is being wra ped, a cam-disk 240 is located at the side of t e vertical bar 216, having a groove and an entrance slot or assage leading thereto ada ted to receive a ateral projection 2411011 the 11jaar 216, and said cam makes one'revolution while each article is being Wrapped, As thearm 125 is raised by the cam 250 when starting the machine the projection 241 will enter the groove of the cam 240, and as said cam 240 revolves said arm will be positively held in its elevated position until lthe entrance to the groove again comes op osite the projection. The arm 125 isthen p aced under the control of the article and Ais free to fall if the article is absent; but if the article is present it will be held in elevated position by saiduarticle and the cam 240 will make another revolution. To the shaft of the camdisk-24O a sprocket-wheel 242 is secured, over which passes a sprocket-chain 243, which `vderlonthe vertical bar 216, which by strikon the'fr'ame limitsthe downward moveof the' arm 125'. Thus it will be seen that tharm 125 is raised when'the machine is startedzand is positively" held in elevated positionfor a predeterminedglehgthof time andistlen laced under the'control of the article, and the article is present it will remain in` elevated osition`but if 'the article is absent itwill fall, and'whenfalling the wedge-block will 4be raised, the restraining device held, `and theclutch mechanism engaged. Aslongv as the articles `follow in succession the arm 125 will remain elevated but as soon as the article is absent ,the arm will ing fall and the machine stop. The-lifter makes its complete excursion, rising and falling, while the arm 125 is positively held by the 'cam 240, so that ample time is allowed for the next article to pass onto the -lifter before the arm 125 is temporarily released and placed `under the'control of the article.

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A rol i2 is su ported at the base of the machine, upon w ich a roll of paper is placed, and the strip of paper from the roll passes under a take-up roll 32, thence over an idle roll 33 thence between alpair offeeding-rolls 41 42, and thence beneath a movable shear-blade 63 of a pair of shears to the wrapper-support 80. The take-u roll 32 is borne by apair of arms 30, pivote at 31, and brake mechanism for the paper-carrying roll is connected with said arms 30, but said brake mechanism for thev paper-carrying roll and means for operating Serial it and the means for drawing thepaper from the roll form the subject-matter of a divisional o. 280,909, and consequently are not herein claimed. I f' y The paper-feeding rolls 4142 are ositively 'driven by a rack-bar 54, connecte to a piv.

oted arm 55, which is operated by a rod 57,

connected with an eccentric on the main shaft ro f5, said rod being adjustably connectedowith the operating-lever of the rack-bar, so that lby changing the adjustment the paper will be advanced different distances to the'reby'pro-v v vide wrappers of different len ths.

i dinallyy Iin a horizontal most plate ofthe'pileof p ates v5 is securedto .55 .to thereby free themas thev -jaws'recede arated by washers which provide spaces between plates of each pile v"adapted to receive the plates of the other pile, and said piles of plates are so disposed as to presenta substantially square passage between them for the article. The u permost plate of the set'of plates c is attac ed to two bars c", arranged in suitable guideways and movable longitulane. The uppera bar Us, having its bearings -in the frame and movable longitudinally in parallelism with the bars '12, and it is designed that the plates` Afz; and c? shall move toward and from each other, and thus constitute a set of jaws which gather in the edgesof the wra per and jam them firmly together or pinch t em.

'The lates v and 05 are made quite thin, so.

as to s arply corrugate, indent,'or score the wrapper, and the spaces between the plates of each pile'are'correspondingly narrow, and

-as a result the wrapper isvsometimes caught` between' the plates and is so'held that the article will remain in engagement With thev plates when said plates begin to separate. j To prevent the jammed or pinched wrapper from eing ythus caught and held or otherwise retained by the jaws when they separate, means areprovided which are herein termed disengaging devices, which' act to disengage the jammed or pinched wrappersfrom the jaws frein each ether; The disengagin device consists of a narrowplate @59, lace "against:

the under side of each ile o plates' v. and

,5v5 and heldthereo'n by eade'd .screwspass. l ing through-longitudinal slots formed'in the,

plates vilo' The APlates @59 are locatedl IIlds `way of the plates v v5 at the opposite corners of theo erung or passage betweengthem. The

forwar ends oftheplates csf areoffset slightly,

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as shown in Fig. 6, and roject beyond the plates fv and 115, and said ates c and c5 are recessed at v51 to receive the offset ends of the plates c5 when thelatter are pressed inward. The plates v5 normally project a short distance and are pressed forward -by s rings 1252;

but when the'jaws'v o are broug t toward each other to jam or pinch the wrapper and form a corrugated, indented, or scored neck said plates @5 will recede, only to be thrust forward again' and free the wrapper as the lates v v5. sev arate. The s rin on the jaw v f P P P g is made heavier than-the s ring on the jaw v5,

vsov that the tendency will e for the plate 125 on the plate v to exert a greater thrust on the wrapper than the opposite plate, to thereby throw the wrapped article always in a certain direction. By means of` these disengaging devices the wrapper will be preventedfrom vcatching between the jamming or pinching plates.

The inner sides'of the bars c4 are lprovided with rack-teeth, and the bar v8, which is located between-them, .is provided u on its opposite sides with similar rack-teet and 'two pinions v? @1 are provided, the pinion fv" meshing with the rack-.teeth on the bars v4' fus and the pinion 111 meshing with the rackteeth on the bars v4 and the rack-teeth on the opposite side of the bar v8, and said pinions are revolved in opposite ways, so that the bars 'v4 v4 will be movedtogether in one direction and the bar v8 will be moved in the o posite direction. .The rack-bara;12 is held 1n engagement with the pinion v1" and is moved longitudinally to revolve said pinion, which ion. The rack-bar cl2 is ieldingly connected to arod @13, which is yie din ly connected to a slotted plate fu, su ported y a rod passing roo' 4latter moves the rack-bars and the other pin- A through Aits slot, an said plate has a lat'er-` ally-"ro'ecting pin @15, (see dotted lines,

5,) w ic enters a cam groove @16, formed in a disk fu, which is. secured to the main shaft f 5. As the shaft revolves the rack-bar will be re- IIO ciprocated longitudinally,yielding as may be reeiiredto ease the pressure on the wrapper.

s the wrappers vary in size bymeans proi vided for varying their length, it is desirable t'o move the plates v v5 variable distances from each other, sov that the o ening or passage between said platesvwil o bexbut little` -larger. than the `article','to thereby more 'efliciently gather in the edges of thewrapper. To accomplish this result, a limiting-stop i255 is provided, a ainst whichthe rack-'bar @12 strikes wherrthe plates Q v5 recede from each onto a rest 'to by means of. a plunger ..c.., and the article repos'igon thel rest and held by the plunger is carried down through the'jarnother, and said stopfis adjustable to thereby vary the length of stroke of therack-bar.

The article is forced down through the centeringfdevice onto the wrapper, which is held. by the wrapper-support just beneath-vit, and

ming devices, which operate to gather in and jam or. pinch the wrapper, and then the wrapped article is ejected. To accomplish these results, the "plunger is movable vertically and also swings on its vertical axis, and the rest is alsoA movable vertically, The plunger-rod c is secured to one end of a pivoted lever connectedgby ahrod c5 with a crank on the shaft f 5 and is thereby'moved vertically, and a collar 05 is secured tosaid plunger-rod at a point between the bearings in which it slides, which has a projecting pin 051, which enters and slides in a vertical groove formed in" a vertically.- disposed bracket 052, which. is loosely mountedupon the rod c', and vali-arm c55 projects rigidly from said bracket, to the.

extremity of which one' en'd' of 'a link 0.54 is connected, the opposite end of which is connected rto the lower end of a c55, theiip'perend of said lever engaging a cam on the shaft f5. As the lunger-rod slides vertically the in 051 slides ilieelyin the groove forme in t e bracket, and as the bracketffs swun on its vertical axis by the means connecte p to the arm C53 the plungerrod will be turned on its vertical axis. The rest t5 is supported at the uiplper end of an uplriofht 'rod t, which is suita guided and w 1c jecting pin, to which the lower end of a spring 155v is connected, the up er end of said spring being attached to an adjustable strip or chain which isattached to a ixed point onthe frame, said spring acting to raise the rest to a position just beneath the severed wrapper,

which is supported by the wrapper-holder 80.

YThe rest 5 is Y when forcing the article down through the x forced down by the plunger device 'and` through the jamming devices, and to holdthe rest in its centering or pinching lowerinost position a locking device is pro-` vided for it which is moved into engagement with it at such time, and said locking device is disengaged when the lunger again rises and arrives at its most e evated position or thereabout. The rod t, bearing the rest is provided with ratchet-teeth't7, and a pawl t5 engages said ratchet-teeth, which is secured to a pivoted rod 155, having its bearings in the frame, and to said rods an arm 151 is secured,v which` having a laterally-projecting pin 1512, obstructs the path' of movement of a camshaped projection -t13, formed on the collar 1514, which is rigidlysecuredto the plunger-rod.

l A latch 't15 is loosely connected to the extremity of said arm t1", which passes up through a hole in a plate 1515, secured to .the frame, which is adapted to engage said Aplate and hold the pawl out of engagement with the' ratchetvteeth and to be disengaged from said plate and moved upward by a spring 1517 to-throw awl into enga ement with said ratchetii. The end o the latch-arm 115 is beveled, as shown in Fig. 17 andthe plunger-rod c3, the opposite end of which is pivoted lever has at .its lower end a laterally-provwhen the plunger-rod rises an operatinghas a collar secured to it .bearing a pin t19, which 'when the plunger-rod descends engages said beveled end of the latch-arm and disengages the latch from the' late. Thus reaches its most elevated position or` thereabout the cam 1515- will strike the pin 1512 and thrusting itl aside will disengage the'pawl t and pull the latch-arm down into engagement fwith the plate, permitting the .rest to rise by the action of the spring t5. The rest is thereafter forced down by the plunger-rod, and when said plunger-rod arrives at its lowermost position the in t1 on said rod disengages thelatch-arm om the plateland. permits the pawl to again engage the ratchet-teeth.

As an ejector for the wrapped articles anl arm t (see Figs. y19 and-20) is pivoted to an ear on theI frame having a circularlyformed eye at its extremity, and said arm swings in a horizontal plane and strikes the wrapped' article on therest and`knocks it off. To tlie pivotal end of said arm 1i22 a short arm 1i23 is formed, to which is' connected a horizontallymovable bar 25, bearing at its extremity a roll ,whichv is held pressed int-o engagement with the cam i211 on the shaftf 5 by means of a spring t, one end of which is connected to said bar and they other end of whichis connectd to the frame. The ejector is thus positively moved by the power-actuating mechanism and may be caused to operate at any time desired, so as to knock off the wrapped article at the proper time regardless of the position of the other parts. l

Having thus described my invention, what I claimas new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- 1. 'In a wrapping-machine, a liopper ha'ving alnarrow exit, twoagitatorsv t erein located at opposite -sides of said exit, pivoted evers connected to said agitators, a pivoted lever connected to one of said operating-levers, a rotating cam for operating it,

and a sliding bar connected to the other operarticles having a shoulder attlie end, a lift- 'ing-lever, and a lifter, Jfor bodily lifting the article next saidishoulder, pivotally connected to said lever, and' means for operating said lifting-lever, substantially as described.

3. In a wrapping-machine, a trough 'for the article having a should er at the endand having an opening in its bottom next said shoulder, a pivoted` lifting-lever, anda lifter contained in said opening-7 pivotally connected to said lever and means fory guiding said lifter in a straight line as the lifting-lever moves on' its pivot, substantially as described, 1

4.A In a wrapping-machine, a trough for the article having a shoulder at the end,l a liftinglever, a support pivotally connected thereto, andfa lifting-plate for lifting the article'next said support and havingarms lextending downwardly from its under side, and means for operating said lifting-lever, 'substantially l as described.

6. In -a Wrapping-machine, :the combination of Wrapping devices, meansfor operating them, means for delivering the articles to said Wrapping devices, means for feeding severed Wrappers to vsaid Wrapping devices,l al stop-motion for the machine lhaving a controlling member normallylo'cated in the path yof progress of lthe articles, ia starting-lever for moving said member to abnormal position when starting the machineto place it under the control of thel articles, the, presence or' absence of which thereafter determines the position of said member, substantiallyl as described.

7. In a wrapping-machine-,the combination of Wrapping devices, means for operating them, means for delivering the articles to said Wrapping devices, meansfor feeding severed Wrappers to said- Wra ping devices, a

stop-,motion fort'hemachine ,aving' a controlling member normally located in the path of progress of the articles, a starting-'lever 'for moving y said member 4to abnormal osition when starting the machine, means' for volding i said member in abnormal osition and for releasing it at predetermine intervals, to place it under the control of the articles, theppresence or absence of Which at such time de-;

I, termining the position `of said member, subtermined times, ernnttm -its return l1n case stantially asdescr'ibed.

8. In a wrapping-machine, thezcombination of Wrapping devices, means for operating them, lmeans for deliver-ing-v the articles to;l said Wrapping devices, means for feeding sev-' ered wrappers to said .wrapping devices, 'ai

stop-motion'rfor the machine having 'its controlling member normally 'located in the path;

of progress of thearticles, means'fo'r moving, said member out of such path Whenst'arting ,l the machine, a rotating cam for'holding 'said member out o'f such pathand for placing itl under the controll of .the articles, at predethe article is a sent, su stantiallyisas de- '9'.v In a Wrapping-machine, "thecombination of Wrapping devices, meansfor operating p them, means for vdelivering the articles Ito said Wrapping devices, means for feedingsev.- ered Wrappers to said Wrapping devices, a clutch mechanism secured .to 'the main shaft' arm controlling the operation of said clutch mechanism which is normally .located in the for releasing the clutch mechanism, means for thereafter holding said arm .out of such -path and lfor placing it under the-control of ting its return in case the article is absent, substantially as described.

tion ofwrapping devices, means for operating them, means for delivering the articlesV to said Wrapping devices, means for feeding severed wrappers 'to' said Wrapping devices, a

clutch mechanism-and having a controlling ress'oflthe articles,a starting-lever for releasing 'said clutchjmechanisrn 'and for moving said member to" vabnormal position When starting -the machine to place it under the control -of the articles -and "a, controlling de- -act only 'at predetermined times, substantially as described! i tion oflvvrappin'g devices, means for operating them, means for delivering'the articles to said Wrapping devices, means for feeding severed Wrappers to said Wrapping devicesfa clutch mechanism secured to the mainl shaft straining said arm, a Wedge-block controlling said means, a pivoted arm, for moving said Wedge-block,-Which is normally `located in the path of, rogress'of the articles, means for vmovin sai wedge-block to raise the arm out O f suc path and-'also release 'the clutch itselevated position, and for placing it under the control of the articles at predetermined timeajpermitting its return'in case the artiv 1.10

dleis-a senthsu'bstantially as described. I

, 12.1 Ina mapping-machine, the combination'bf Wrappingdevices, means for operating-them, means for delivering the articles to said `Wrapping"devices, 4means for "feeding severed Wrappers to said-Wrapping devices, a clutchmechanism secured to the .main shaft tfor' engagin the driving -jw'heel, a ivoted armcontrol ing the operation of sai clutch mechanism Which is normally locatedin the path of progress of the'. articles, means for moving .said arm out of such path and for-releasin the clutch'mec'hanisin, a rotating'cam 'for ho ding said arm out of such ath and for placing it 4under the control of t elarticle at predetermined times, permitting its returniin scribed.

v1.3,.In a Wrapping-machine, the combinafor engaging the` driving-Wheel, l'a pivoted them,.means for delivering theart-icles to 10. In a Wrapping-machine, the combinastop-motionfor the machine comprising a member normally located in the path -of prog- `vice vpermitting the controlling member to.

case the varticle is'absent, substantially as detion of Wrapping devices, means `for operat-l path of progress of the articles, a starting-le- .ver for moving said arm out of such path and the articles, at predetermined times, permit- 1:1. In -a Wrappmg'mfiachine, the combina- '/for engaging "the driving-Wheel, having'an outwardly-'projecting arm, means for lremechanism, .means-for holding said arm iny for engaging varm control said wrapping devices,- means for feeding' .severed wrappers to said wrapping devices, a

clutch mechanism secured to the main shaft the'driving-wheel, a ivoted ing the operation of saidP clutch mechanism, which is normally located in the A path of progress of the articles, a camhaving a handpiece attached to it vfor moving said arm out of such path and for releasin f the clutch mechanism, and means for ho ding said arm out of such path, and for placing it under thecontrol of the article at predetermined times, permitting its return in case the article is absent, substantially as described.

14.- In a wrapping-machine, the combination of wrapping devices, means for operating them, means for delivering the articles to said wrapping devices, means for-v feeding s'everedwrappers to said wrapping devices, a clutch mechanism secured to the mainshaft for engaging the driving-wheel, having an outwardlyproj ecting arm, means for restraining said arm, a wedge-block controlling said means, a pivoted arm, for moving said wedge-block, which is normally located in the path of progressof the articles, a cam having a handplece attached to it located beside theV wedge-block-.carryingbar which is adapted to engage said bar, or block thereon, and move said arm out of such path, and

- also release the clutch mechanism, and means forholding said arm out of such path and for placing it under the control of the article at predetermined times, permitting its .return in case the article is absent, substantially as described.

15'. In a wrapping-machine, aset of jam.

ming or pinching jaws, means for moving them toward and fromeach other,and means for disengaging the jammed or pinched wrapper from said jaws as'they recede, substantially as described.

'16. In a wrapping-machine, a rest for holdg j ingthe orange withits wrapper partially en- 45v veloping it, a set of jawsfor gathering in the edges of the wrapperA and for jamming ory pinching'said edges together, means for moving said jaws toward andjfrom'each other, and

means for disengaging the jammed or pinched wra 'per from the jaws as theyrecede and whi e the orange is supported by said rest, substantially as described.

1.7. In a wrapping-machine, a rest for holding the orange withits wrapper partially en- 18. i a Wrapping-machine,'a set of jam- `mlng or pinching j awsfor the wrapper, means for moving them Vtoward and from eac-h other,

and disengaging devices for the wrappers located in roXimity to ."said jaws, substantially as descried. n n 19. In a wrapping-machine, a set of jamming or pinching jaws for the wrapper, means for moving them toward and from each other,

a yielding plate normally projecting from the inner edge of each jaw'which acts to disengage the wrapper therefrom, substantially as described. f

20. In a wrapping-machine, the combination with paper feeding and severing devices, and means for adjusting said feeding devices, of a set of" jamming or inching. jaws, means .for moving them towar and from each other,

and a limiting-stop for regulating the dis tance'apart` said jaws shall move, substantially as described.

21. In a wrapping-machine, the combination with wrapping devices, and means for operating them, a wrapper-support and means for feeding a wrapper thereto, a rest located beneath said wrapper-support, a plunger-rod, means .for moving said rod vertically, a pin projecting from said rod, a swinging bracket having a vertical groove for said pin, and means for swinging said bracket on its vertical axis to thereby corres ondingly turn the plunger-rod, substantia ly as described.

22. In a wrapping-machine, a plunger,

means for operating it, a rest for the article supported by a rod having ratchet-teeth, a spring for lifting said rest, a locking device for said rest consisting of a spring-held lpawl which engages the ratchet-teeth, a cam on the plunger-rod for disengaging said pawl to "release-the-rest, a latch for holding 'said pawl disengaged, and a-pin on the plun er-rod for releasing said 'latch, substantial y as described.

23. In a wrapping-machine, a rest upon which the wrapped article is deposited, means for moving it vertically, a horizontally-swinging ejector-arm, an operating-bar connected to it and a rotating cam into engagement with which said bar is held pressed by a spring, substantially asv described.

24. In a wrapping-machine, a rest upon which the wrapped article is deposited, means for moving it vertically, a horizontally-swinging ejector-arm, an operating-bar connected to, it, a cam for operating said bar and a-- IOO power-driven shaft bearing said cam, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses. s

` MILTON H. BALLARD. Witnesses: B'. J. N oYEs, H. B. DAvIs. 

